Mrs. Sonye Allanah

  • Graduate of Foreign (Languages (French/German)
  • Worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 23 years
  • Eight years in the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Served as a diplomat in Paris, Senegal, Bonn, and Berlin

Deputy Director of Protocol to President Olusegun Obasanjo 2003 – 2005

Assisted in the organization of many State Visits, national and international conferences, including the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2003.

Attached to many visiting foreign dignitaries, among whom were:

  • The Queen of England
  • The King and Queen of Spain
  • Prince Charles
  • Margaret Thatcher
  • President Abdoul Diouf of Senegal
  • President Mobutu Sesse Seko of Congo and many others